The Scarecrow; or The Glass of Truth: A Tragedy of the Ludicrous
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"The Scarecrow; or The Glass of Truth: A Tragedy of the Ludicrous" by Percy MacKaye is a play written in 1908. Based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Feathertop," it tells the story of a scarecrow brought to life by a witch and the Devil to seduce a young woman as revenge against her uncle. But the scarecrow develops genuine feelings of his own. When a magical mirror reveals his true nature, he must choose between his artificial existence and something far more meaningful. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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Project Gutenberg electronic edition Project Gutenberg metadata does not identify the source print edition. | 2018-05-13 | Project Gutenberg | English | — | Public domain (USA) |
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